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DBMS > Apache Impala vs. GridDB vs. MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. GridDB vs. MaxDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orggriddb.netmaxdb.sap.comorigodb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.griddb.netmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationorigodb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaToshiba CorporationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Robert Friberg et alSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2013201319842009 infounder the name LiveDB1994
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.1, August 20227.9.10.12, February 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesyesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesdepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID at container levelACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache ImpalaGridDBMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOrigoDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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